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Unfortunately he is recovering from knee surgery for the next couple of weeks.

He did however give me some helpful tips/advise on setting up the machine that I have available to me.........I might still take a go at it (he seem confident I could do the small area myself)...... Or wait till he gets back, (and caught up on the back up of work @ his shop) and have him do it.

Unfortunately he is recovering from knee surgery for the next couple of weeks.

He did however give me some helpful tips/advise on setting up the machine that I have available to me.........I might still take a go at it (he seem confident I could do the small area myself)...... Or wait till he gets back, (and caught up on the back up of work @ his shop) and have him do it.

Sounds like progress... these things do not usually happen overnight..

PLS keep us posted... and as always... PICS.....

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I read the info that you sent over, The way I read it is that it is heat treatable, That doesn't mean it has to be heat treated.

It also mentioned that it can be used for welding on castings.

However, To be honest with you I never second guessed Chris, I just bought some and tried it.

The valley under the intake was open and the acid from the leaves and antifreeze along with the rain water had pitted the aluminum, Not to mention another welder tried to weld the block with a arc welder and blew holes into the oil galleries and left me a mess to clean up.

I read the info that you sent over, The way I read it is that it is heat treatable, That doesn't mean it has to be heat treated.It also mentioned that it can be used for welding on castings.However, To be honest with you I never second guessed Chris, I just bought some and tried it.The valley under the intake was open and the acid from the leaves and antifreeze along with the rain water had pitted the aluminum, Not to mention another welder tried to weld the block with a arc welder and blew holes into the oil galleries and left me a mess to clean up.

Am by no means second guessing him.... but would love to hear his thoughts on his choice...

it might be that the DeLorean/Renault block is an Alusil casting and 2319 is one of the acceptable fillers for that high silicon alloy..??

If you get a chance to ask him... could you share it with us??

it does look like 4943 is a viable filler for that these days as well..